![]() ![]() ![]() This is the result of an active case-finding investigation starting in April which identified retrospective as well as prospective cases.īetween 21 January and 13 June 2022, 12 children in the UK meeting the case definition have required liver transplantation no cases resident in the UK have died. Of these, 187 cases (180 confirmed and 7 possible) are resident in England, 32 (all confirmed) in Scotland, 17 (all confirmed) in Wales and 24 (22 confirmed and 2 possible) in Northern Ireland (Figure 1). Cases in the UKĪs of 13 June 2022, there are 260 cases (251 confirmed and 9 possible) cases of acute non-A-E hepatitis with serum transaminases greater than 500 IU/l identified in children aged under 16 years old in the UK, since 1 January 2022. The public health agencies of the 4 nations continue to work with the NHS to classify reported case-patients who have incomplete laboratory information (referred to as ‘pending’). Full technical briefings will continue to be produced when appropriate.įor the purposes of this summary, cases refer to confirmed (10 years old and under) and possible (11 to 15 year old) cases – see case definition in Technical Briefing 3. This is an epidemiological briefing produced to share data useful to other public health investigators.
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